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The shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23 sparked protests in a number of American cities, mostly within Kenosha. [78] Two protesters were shot and killed in an incident during the protests. [79] Nationally, athletes from the NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, and MLS began going on strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. [80]
The shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23 sparked protests in a number of American cities, mostly within Kenosha. [113] Two protesters were shot and killed in an incident during the protests. [114] Nationally, athletes from the NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, and MLS began going on strike in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. [115]
A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015). Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement [1] [2] that aims to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.
A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court centers on a protest in Graham the year before the town of 14,000, a bedroom community to Triangle and the Triad cities, became one of the most ...
Black Lives Matter protestors have in large part been protesting peacefully across the United States in the wake of recent cases of police brutality. Following the release of the viral video of ...
The city's Black Lives Matter daily demonstration movement reached its 600th consecutive day on Friday, the week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The following monuments and memorials were removed during the George Floyd protests, mainly due to their connections to racism.The majority are in the United States and mostly commemorate the Confederate States of America (CSA), but some monuments were also removed in other countries, for example the statues of slave traders in the United Kingdom.
The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...